Fair but the Apple of today is also a very different company than the Apple of 1996. Before the Jobs/Cook era, Apple used to have terrible inventory management

Fair but the Apple of today is also a very different company than the Apple of 1996. Before the Jobs/Cook era, Apple used to have terrible inventory management, that isn't a problem any longer. Apple used to be extremely dependent on third-party distributors, they now are one of the most profitable retailers in the world, they also have built wide distribution networks far beyond "computer stores" Back then, Apple had burned through most of the company profits, Jobs and Cook built a tidy trust fund worth approximately $250 billion cash-on-hand Apple is in a far better position now to handle a debacle or stagnation, assuming one was to happen.